Sendai Airport to Fukushima

There are 3 main ways to travel between Sendai Airport and Fukushima City: by bus, by local train, or by a mix of local trains and Shinkansen.

Approx. time taken

Approx. cost p.p.

Local trains & Shinkansen

1 hour 10 min

3740 yen

Local trains

1 hour 45 min

1550 yen

Expressway Bus

2 hours 5 min

1600 yen

By Local Train & Shinkansen

For Fukushima:

Take the Sendai airport access line from Sendai Airport. Get off at Sendai Station. This train ride takes around 20 min.

At Sendai Station, change to the Tohoku Shinkansen area of the station, buy your ticket, and take the Shinkansen to Fukushima Station.

For Koriyama:

Take the Sendai airport access line from Sendai Airport. Get off at Sendai Station. This train ride takes around 20 min.

At Sendai Station, change to the Tohoku Shinkansen area of the station, buy your ticket, and take the Shinkansen to Fukushima Station.

By Local Train

For Fukushima:

Take the Sendai Airport Access Line from Sendai Airport. Get off at Natori Station (名取駅). It takes 10 min between Sendai Airport and Natori Station.

At Natori Station, change to the JR Tohoku Line heading for Fukushima. This train will take you to Fukushima Station in approximately 70 min.

For Koriyama:

Arrive at Fukushima Station using the steps above.

At Fukushima Station, switch to the JR Tohoku Line bound for Shin-Shirakawa Station (will take around 60 min)

Please note that the Sendai Airport Access Line is not a JR Line. This means you must buy a new ticket when you change to the JR Tohoku Line. (If you use a passmo / suica card, then you won’t have this problem.)

By Highway Bus

Highway buses leaving from Sendai Airport stop at a number of destinations including Fukushima Station, Nihonmatsu Bus Stop, Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, and Tsurugajo Castle.

You don’t need to reserve a seat on the bus in advance, and you pay at the end of your journey.

The highway bus leaves from the Highway Bus Stop (高速バス停留所) outside Sendai Airport. See here for a map of the bus stop.